Seed-planter and fertilizer.



W. CROSSLEY.

SEED PLANTER AND FERTILIZER,

APPLlcmoN man Nov.5. 1911.

Patented Ap1.2, 1918.

2 SHEETS-SHEET I.

www am W. CROSSLEY.

SEED PLANTEH AND FERTILIZER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.5.1917

Patented. Ap1.`2,1918.

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nestelen- IO, CA;Il\l`til34.el,l ASSGNOR l? UNE-HALF Tf1? A CHARLES SOMERS, UR., OF TORONTO, CANADA.

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To'aZZibpiit ttyc'hfcm ,f1 j i j Be* it"'linown"" thatA I,A"W'1il.LIA-iit CRossLEr, t l th@ (101.'111115` 0f 'Qrlr,4 in the, Province of Ontario;J in the vDominipii encerrada; hay@ invented terrain ne'whfand fi'lsefulflmprovements in Seed# Planters' and Fertilizer-'51,' and 'do hereby deeine that* theffelitwing'j aifuuy, jaar; and

"T enact'description"offsallf j white-maya 1 5 This'VA inviitioiifr lates f to potatoI orv other seed planters, adha'sfor `its `objects vto pro# vide a,'preferablyy portable"` machine for this purposdof? chef A l. *'se f-'contil or which may bel attahable tositabl existin 'farm implements," and whicli `I'I'iay be' urther "ap plicable for frtili'zingfpurposes or for both plantingaiidfertilitinggfas niay be necessary or'desi'rable". f" .l ,l l f Further @biene-subsidiary io, or resulting frl'n'fl the vabove1`i1'entined "objects or from thefconstructioiifxf the'f invention ias it may be carried intoeifect' willl become apparent as'jthe 'said :invention is hereinafter further disclosed. .i :By -waylf `1 example',

the said inventan befcarried* finto" e'ifct' by the, novel construction andarrangement vof parts whereby eoiiiea1fsriiiiis-iaie Lmeuiiied iii I a 'suitable fral'n'efthe` ldwer part of which frame may beyviadapted' to be" attached lto any suitable' existingT farinfinipleinnt or may form part off a?"supportingWstructiire specially pro- 1 vided-therefrzlthetaxes "ofthesaid drums seed1 f hoppery being parallel''and` with ytheir apices'reversed sothat" the.r larger ends of y the said fconical drirs'iwill'lifacein opposite directions. A is superimposed above each drunii veach "'ho'ppei" being provided with a chute or "outlet'which feeds the smaller end' v ofits respeetivedrinn, and at the larger ends ofV the drlkun's'are arrange'da series of seedselecting scoops adapted to' movegby theretation ofthe"drinne,J '1n proximity' to fone of the Walls'lo'f compartment into which-the seedor 'seed pieces ni'ay'-bee3ectedhfi'om the saidscoops5- vduring revolution of the drums, through suitable orifices' inthe saidcompart e ment wa1ls,` 'whichorifices are-situated in a plane above the abres 'of the drums whereby the'se'ed r- 's'eed pieces "do `not 'enter the compartment 'until elevated by the scoops toasubstantial extentjwhich is above the normal level of l.the vvseed pieces in the body ofthe drums. An outlet is, of course, pron l y f Specification of Letters Patenti l ,'hpiiufctipn iiifqi npve'mber 5, 1917. seriai no; :guarra `the seed pieces to fall to and "singlefy construction `il?atented. 23,

gurat'ion and relation to the hopper to con- 4 trol the flow of fertilizer therefrom so that while the drums .are working the fertilizer may befedfrom the fertilizer hoppers at aifrequency and to `an extent conforming to the operations 'of Athe planters; and it is preferable that the parts should be arran ed respectively so that the fertilizer control ed by the one drum aXle will. work in conjunction with the planter controlled by the other axle, all of which is more particularly ascertained` in and by the following speciiication having reference to the accompanying draw ings, in which* Figure `1 illustrates, in perspective, a view of a planter and fertilizer constructed. in accordanceV with this invention;

Fi'gz is a sectional plan of the same taken throughthe axes of the drums; IFig.A 3 is afvertical section of the same taken on the line 3X-3X Fig. 2; v

Figa isa transverse vertical section taken on the line iK-Jl* Fig. 2. 1 Similar characters of referenceindicate similarparts `in the several figures of the drawings. v Inl the example illustrated -1 and 2 are conical drums mounted `uponl shafts or axles 3 and 4 respectively, the said drums being open at both ends with their larger ends facl both. the planting ments each provided with an outlet at its lower end from which the potatoes or seed pieces are dropped from the machine, and 12-l2 and 13-13 are a series of scoops -at or near the' periphery of vthe large endV of each of the said drums respectively, adapted by their configuration to pick up during the rotation of the drumsa required number of seed pieces a d carry them upwardly in contact with the walls of the compartment contiguous to the said drums, and it will be understood that the seed scoops i permanent nature or they may be detachable, if desired, so that various sizes of scoops may be used in the machine7 according to requirements. Each ot the compartments 10 and l1 is rovided with an orifice communica@` ing with its respective drum, suchas that indicated by the numeral 'la in Fig. 4, through which orifice the seed pieces may drop from the scoops as the pass the same in succession7 said orices being located* substantially above the normal level of the otatoes or seed pieces in the drums, so t at only those seed pieces which are elevated by the scoops will pass therethrough.

l and 16 are- Jfertilizer hoppers arranged at thesmaller end or the said drums, through which pass the axles 3 and 4: respectively, whichl said axlesA may eiiect the operation withineach of the' said fertilizer hop ers of means to control `the iow of the :tert er iiroin' the said'hoppe'rs to an 'extent conforming with the speed at which the-seed pieces are being dropped from the delivery compartment of the machine hereinbefore re- Yferred to,

ln the drawings -17 isa peripherally ref` cessed rotary cylinder accom'inodatedin.therv4 lower partei the hopper'and normally closing thev outlet therefrom whereby upon the rotation of the said cylinder the fertilizer recesses therein to the will be carried by the quantity and hopper outlet in the required frequency. ln ldiieg.v 2 01E-the drawings the hopper 1 5 is 'shown without the controlling cylinder therein, while such a cylinder is yshown in the hopper 16. desirable for the reason that the compartment 10 and fertilizer hopper 16 move approximately in the same lane as thema chine is drawn along the also the case with the compartment 11 and hopper 15 so that the hopper 16 would cooperate with the planting device carried and operated by the axle Sin providingfor and fertilizing of the seed.

in one furrow, whilethe hopperl 15 would coperate with the device vcarried by the axle l in @infecting the lanting and fertilizinc in a Ylfnrrow paralel to the one already le :means beingprovided Iary rotation ci l e i i y t 1e coupling oi one aidea ably, coupling the axles one may be of a' the `scope lel f axles, with t The arrangement shown. is

rrow, this beingi,acnaie which the device is mounted, and also oper- V to another, `or they may be driven lindependently' and'provided with such controllin mechanism as may be necessary or desirab e," according to the conditions under rwhich the machine is intended to be used.

A device of `the type described' maybe very simpl]v constructed while being eliicient in its operwion, and although the drums are conical,l

illustrated and referred to. as -bein 1t will be understood that a simi arresult maybe obtained. by the .use of cylindrical drums tiltedtoward the outlet ends thereof.

This invention-may be developed within departin of, and 1t isgdesiredgthat'the specification.

and drawlngs be read as being merely illusnecessitated by the prior. art. .l

of the following claims ,withoutifrom the essential yfeaturestheme-j What Il claim as my :invention lisi-r- .1. 1n a Seed. ...p-anta, the, combinati@ with a rotatably-mounted conical drumy to which seed is `fed at the'.

smaller. end, of az i delivery compartment contiguous to the larger end ofsaid drum, av 'artition between said compartment and-sai `rdrum,` saidgparf titlon bemg orificed above the axis of. said drum` and a plurality `of scoops arranged in w proximity'- to the periphery of they larger end of saididrum toelevate to andfeject said seed through 'said oriiice.: rl 2. 1n a device of the classde'scribedconical seed-selectin drums disposed en .paxjfal-f t 1 e larger. end iof one drum adjacent tol-the smaller endroffthelother scoops within said. drums .to effect `the .seed selection, compartments arranged, contigutilizerfeeding` mechanismdisposedat the opposite endsof said drumsan'd .control-led by the axles operating said drun1`s.v

3. In' a device 'of the class.' described'a seed-selecting drum operatively 1 mounted delivery end ing drum mounted @upon Sla shaft.- parallel to saidfirst-mentioned sha-ft, but 'having its delivery. 'end` disposed j adjacent to; thereceivinp,- 'endr4 of 'said' rs'tfmention'd drum, and'a' further fertilizing receive' seed from said scoops `when elevatedA thereby to a predetermined. extent,I4 andferv' c 120. devicearranged 1n' 'l axial alignmentwith saiddrm .whereby the delivery -end ofleach 'off-said 1n' proximity. to the fertilizing-'device in-alignment withtheotherxof said' l '4.In a device of the class described, condrums.

ical seed-selecting drums `disposed on paraladj acenttche smaller. end lofy J'the other,

lgeereee selection, compartments arranged contigoously tothe larger ends of yseid drums to receive seed from the seed scoops when eleveiled thereby to` a, predetermined. extent, e

fertilizer hopper -arranged. at the opposite ends of seid .drums ond a, rotatable member Within each of said hoppers and operated by seid axles, seid rotatable member having e plurality'of peripheral recesses therein to control the extent and frequency of the fertilizer delivery.

' 5. In e device of the class described, e seed-selecting drum operatively mounted upon e shaft, a, fertilizer hopper arranged at the enti of said drumjremote from the delivery end thereof, e further seedselecting drum mounteo upon e, shaft-t 1^' Jii'rsi",-ifnentionecl shaft, but bovin livery enel disposed adj ecen't te the r end o f seid @st-mentioned drum, e fertilizer hopper arranged et the e3-.arl last-mentioned drum adjacent 'the rlenv 4 end of seid, firstmentioned drums anni e ro teteble member Within eeeb. of A pers and operated by saol axles? table member having e plurality geerel recesses therein to eontrol rand; frequency of the :fertilizer Signer?. et the city of lforontm t York, Province ol: ntero, Genade: this 39th day of Goto* WELL?. 

